The Combination Of Classicalism And Impressionism - Aesthetic Exploration Of Renoir 's Works

Pierre-Auguste Renoir(1841-1919),a famous French impressionist painterand sculptor, was born in the French town of Moe, which was famous of makingceramics,enamel and other handcrafts. When he was young, he worked for aencaustic craftsman and it’s the first time he was exposed to art. He studiedpainting in Paris, and met a lot of artists like he who want to challenge thetraditional way of painting. they began to explore new ways of painting,becausepigments have been able to carry out, as well as reflections on traditionalpainting methods by the invention of the camera. Impressionism Artists need togo to natural world, catch natural light and shadow and reflected in their canvas.Renoir’s painting career changed in the early1880of the19th century, he wasnot satisfied with the Impressionist paintings. In Italy and other countries heappreciated the works from Renaissance such as Raphael and other artists’works and ancient frescoes of early Europe.He inspired so much by those art. Sohe started to think about painting in a new way, like classicism, with a sense ofstrict lines, a steady stream of images, the colors also become calm. Renoir wasone of the famous Impressionist artists, all he’s life wrote a perfect poem，it wasa perfect combination of classicism and impressionism art. Renoir dedicated allhis life to the study of the mysteries of color, although it might be suffering, hestill seemed to be strong and broad. In his painting, we can see unprecedentedvitality, and his paintings also reveal his inner feelings and inner agitation. Wecan feel life is beautiful from his works, and get optimistic attitude for life. That’swhy his painting still had many appreciators nowadays. In this paper I try todiscuss the change of Renoir‘s artistic style from his revolutionary inimpressionism and pursuit of change from traditional classicism.